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I said it before, I'll say it again. Who cares? If she's in, great. If she's not, whatever.
Does the gender of the main protagonist matter so much that it will make or break a game/franchise? Like... Fucking really?!?
Since it's such a hot topic, I guess I'll share my 2 cents.
I can see them making it similar to Pokemon and Fire Emblem in a sense, where you choose whether the character is male or female. In the case of Pokemon, the change is completely cosmetic and has no bearing or impact on the game whatsoever.
And the original concept of Link was to represent the "Link" between the hero in the game and the person playing the game. So I can see them adding Linkle as an option to try to build a stronger "Link" between the hero, with the female player. If that's what they do, great. More options for the player don't hurt. But if they don't do it, whatever.
Bottom line is, I do not care what they do with the concept because that's not what makes or breaks a Zelda game for me. The gender of the main character of a game or the story within the game, in this case Zelda, has absolutely nothing to do with the actual quality of the game itself. Which is all I care about.
Just make each individual mainline Zelda game the best possible game it can be. Whether I'm playing as Link or Linkle, male or female, it doesn't fucking matter!
Just make whatever Zelda game you happen to be working on at the time, the best Zelda game it is capable of being, so that the new elements of that game, whatever they may be, provide a refreshing, rewarding, and enjoyable take that provides a new spin and different flavor that sets it apart from the other games in the franchise, while simultaneously keeping the basic foundations of the formula and perfecting those foundations so that it still feels like the Legend of Zelda that I know and love so much.